Strega

See also: strega

English

Etymology

From Italian Strega (proprietary name).

Noun

Strega (countable and uncountable, plural Stregas)

  1. An Italian herbal liqueur coloured with saffron.
    • 1922, DH Lawrence, Aaron's Rod:
      The waiter rattled off a list, beginning with Strega and ending with cherry brandy.
    • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 20:
      I had drunk much wine and afterward coffee and strega and I explained, winefully, how we did not do the things we wanted to do; we never did such things.

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Italian

Proper noun

Strega

  1. Strega

Synonyms

  • Liquore Strega

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